Sutro Baths

The ruins of Sutro Baths, an extravagant public bath house opened in 1896, are one of the most haunting places to visit with your dog in San Francisco. A single signpost warns of getting thrown off the rocks by crashing waves and dying, but the threat is very real. Enjoy the labyrinthine structure, stairways to nowhere, wildflowers and gnarly cypress trees.

Sutro Baths in various incarnations survived into the 1960s, burning down in 1966 as it was being demolished. In 1980 it became part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Shipwrecks. Crashing surf. Gnarly cypress. Wildflowers. If you live in San Francisco, you already know about the spectacular Land’s End Trail that hugs the city’s rugged northwest edge. If you’re visiting with a four-legged friend, put it high on your list of priorities. In springtime, wildflowers add a punch of color to what in any season is a stroll through one million-dollar view after another, all set to the sound of a crashing sea. There are many points of entry and exit to the Land's End Trail, but because public transportation is not an option with Buffy, a good starting and ending point is the parking lot at Point Lobos Avenue and El Camino Del Mar. more »

Remember Heidi? Her family members did, and commemorated their beloved collie's life with a headstone at the Presidio Pet Cemetery, final resting place of hundreds of animals owned by soldiers and families stationed at this famous San Francisco military post. Once shaded by ghostly Monterey pines, the half-acre plot surrounded by a white fence has succumbed to progress in the name of highway construction. But more »